starrymarkb
Established Member
I've been meaning to do this for a while and I'm not going to name and shame (TBH I'm not sure if anyone here does it) I just want to get this off my chest. You may not share my opinions, but I'm willing to listen to alternative points of view and evaluate their merits.
I have a couple of pet hates that I'm going to rant about in the spirit of Foamy the Squirrel
Firstly - Overindulgent Credit Sequences: You've made a video and decide to add a mock credit scroll at the end. Fair enough if there are multiple people involved in the making of, but all too often I see "Writer: X", "Camera: X", "Director: X" where they are all the same person. And Director? You are filming a train passing by, you are not directing people on a closed set, you have no control over the surroundings. Writer I can accept if there is a scripted commentary. Ad Lib doesn't count as writing!
Secondly - In Picture Copyright Notices: I have no objections to copyright watermarks, I understand why people choose to add them. What I don't like is people who make huge watermarks centre them on the screen and then animate them! It is seriously annoying because it won't let you tune it out (don't start me on animated TV Channel DOGs), just put a small static URL in a corner of the picture, that is enough! Oh but someone might crop it off I hear you cry, well they might, and if they do you can actually go after them legally! But I usually find that the bigger and more intrusive copyright notices are usually attached to some pixelated, out of focus mobile phone footage!
Finally for now - Overblown Title Sequences: By this I'm meaning a montage of previous videos with a loud soundtrack to introduce the video. This is a particular peeve with rail videos because they are often longer then the content. I remember once seeing a video that had a 50 second intro sequence, then 20 seconds of the train passing, then 20 seconds of self indulgent credits! Keep it short and sweet people, on my Vlog channel I used to have 15 seconds for the intro and closing title (10 second intro giving a title, followed by brief description, 5 second URL at the end), this was on 7-8 minute videos!
Rant over
Feel free to discuss (this is a forum after all) and include some rants of your own.
I have a couple of pet hates that I'm going to rant about in the spirit of Foamy the Squirrel
Firstly - Overindulgent Credit Sequences: You've made a video and decide to add a mock credit scroll at the end. Fair enough if there are multiple people involved in the making of, but all too often I see "Writer: X", "Camera: X", "Director: X" where they are all the same person. And Director? You are filming a train passing by, you are not directing people on a closed set, you have no control over the surroundings. Writer I can accept if there is a scripted commentary. Ad Lib doesn't count as writing!
Secondly - In Picture Copyright Notices: I have no objections to copyright watermarks, I understand why people choose to add them. What I don't like is people who make huge watermarks centre them on the screen and then animate them! It is seriously annoying because it won't let you tune it out (don't start me on animated TV Channel DOGs), just put a small static URL in a corner of the picture, that is enough! Oh but someone might crop it off I hear you cry, well they might, and if they do you can actually go after them legally! But I usually find that the bigger and more intrusive copyright notices are usually attached to some pixelated, out of focus mobile phone footage!
Finally for now - Overblown Title Sequences: By this I'm meaning a montage of previous videos with a loud soundtrack to introduce the video. This is a particular peeve with rail videos because they are often longer then the content. I remember once seeing a video that had a 50 second intro sequence, then 20 seconds of the train passing, then 20 seconds of self indulgent credits! Keep it short and sweet people, on my Vlog channel I used to have 15 seconds for the intro and closing title (10 second intro giving a title, followed by brief description, 5 second URL at the end), this was on 7-8 minute videos!
Rant over
Feel free to discuss (this is a forum after all) and include some rants of your own.
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